Ann Green's Nonprofit

MARCH 10, 2025

Your nonprofit needs a skilled, dedicated team to advance its mission. Use these onboarding best practices to set your new hires up for lasting success. By Debbie Willis Every new employee brings passion, talent, and a fresh perspective to your nonprofit. However, recruiting and retaining these essential team members is not always easy. In fact, 60% of nonprofit leaders report experiencing staff-related concernswhether thats a lack of staff capacity or losing staff because they cannot provide co

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The Fundraiser Coach

MARCH 17, 2025

Every major gift fundraiser has imagined it: the moment you’re sitting across from a donor, and a carefully orchestrated conversation builds toward the Ask. I’ve been on the asking side countless times. But last year, I found myself on the receiving end. My fiancé has spent 50 years collecting rare first edition books on Pacific exploration — journals, maps, and atlases from explorers like Captain James Cook and Captain George Vancouver, Canadian overland explorer Alexan

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 6, 2025

Data is a key component of any strong grant application. But data goes beyond just information about your nonprofits workit also includes insights about your geographical region and the broader issue your program addresses. Sometimes it can feel like this data is locked behind a paywall or buried deep in the internet. However, there is actually a wealth of free and reputable data availableif you know where to look.

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Blackbaud

MARCH 18, 2025

Economic fluctuations, policy changes, climate events, and rapid advances in technology are just a few of the factors fundamentally reshaping how the nonprofit sector fulfills its mission. These challenges present an opportunity for grantees and funders to partner in creating a more sustainable future for those dedicating their lives to make the world a better place.

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This prompt guide for ChatGPT contains 20+ tested ChatGPT prompts, along with tips on how to use this tool the best way. Nonprofits can engage with ChatGPT to brainstorm ideas, refine project plans, and craft compelling narratives for grant proposals.

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Clairification

MARCH 13, 2025

Small nonprofits often face a daunting challenge: maximizing impact with limited resources. Without the brand recognition or staff of larger organizations, fundraisers at small nonprofits must wear multiple hats and juggle a variety of priorities. Spending extra time on building donor relationships or digging into donor analytics can feel like a luxury you just dont have time for.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

MARCH 17, 2025

Donor retention is a perennial problem for nonprofit organizations. Many organizations spend a lot of time and energy on acquiring donors, concentrating more on volume, and dont seem concerned that theyre churning through different donors year after year. Another perennial problem is uncertainty and disruption in our world. Right now were dealing with cuts in federal funding, tariffs, a plunging stock market, etc, which are creating constant chaos for us.

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Candid

MARCH 11, 2025

During my first year as CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, our biggest priority was listening. Since late 2023, weve been talking with community members about how, together, we could make Kansas City a national model for equitable economic mobility. Two significant gaps became evident that we saw as two sides of the same coin: Nonprofits dont often have space to truly think about their strengths and sustainability.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 6, 2025

Early in my fundraising career, my then boss gave me a great piece of advice to celebrate wins. What she meant was to not only look at how much money you raised, but to evaluate the many other indicators of progress that can often be overlooked. In the grant world, its easy to just look at the bottom line, asking yourself How much money did we raise from grants this year?

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Blackbaud

MARCH 31, 2025

Your relationship with your grantees is more than a transaction. But its difficult to drive impact when your grantees cant access their funds, arent sure when the funds are arriving, and dont have a clear understanding of their requirements for using the funds. An efficient grant distribution process builds trust with your grantees and improves transparency across your organization.

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The Fundraiser Coach

MARCH 30, 2025

Build Connection: The First Step in Securing Transformational Gifts Welcome to my B.R.I.D.G.E. blog series, a six-part guide for building stronger, more sustainable donor relationships. Each post explores one part of the B.R.I.D.G.E. Framework , my connection-based approach to major gift fundraising: B uild Connection R apport – Establish or Reestablish I nvite to Action D eepen the Trust G uide the Conversation E xtend the Relationship Whether you're a major gift officer, are managing an

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Gail Perry Group

MARCH 27, 2025

You already know this: Successful major gift fundraising isnt really about making a pitch. Its about listening. Its about drawing out your donors story, learning whats important to them, and finding the alignment between their vision and your mission. Thats why questions are one of the most powerful tools in your toolbox. When you show up with a genuine spirit of curiosity, your conversation becomes something deeper.

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Allied Grant Writers

MARCH 17, 2025

In an ever-evolving social and economic landscape, churches and religious organizations increasingly seek alternative funding sources, such as church grants, to sustain operations, expand ministry services, and engage in community outreach. Grants, provided by government agencies, private foundations, and philanthropic organizations, represent a crucial opportunity for churches to secure non-repayable funds that support mission-critical programs.

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Center for Major Gifts

MARCH 4, 2025

Major gifts fundraising can feel like a delicate dance between building genuine relationships and meeting lofty revenue goals. It demands patience, dedication, andperhaps most importantlypersistence. Without persistence, a promising donor might slip through the cracks, or a prospect on the verge of making a transformative gift might never receive that nudge to come on board.

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CauseVox

MARCH 24, 2025

If youre looking for a fresh, fun, and engaging way to raise money for your nonprofit, a challenge fundraiser might be just what you need. Its a simple concept: supporters commit to a challengelike running a certain number of miles, doing daily acts of kindness, or giving up coffee for a monthwhile fundraising for your cause. Challenge fundraisers often go hand-in-hand with peer-to-peer fundraising , where participants rally their friends and family to donate.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

MARCH 24, 2025

You may think youre practicing donor engagement by sending thank you letters and newsletters, but is the content actually engaging? Its often formulaic and just downright dull. Many nonprofits send all their donors the same appeal and thank you letters. In these letters, they never thank a donor for their past support or acknowledge theyre a monthly donor.

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Planned Giving

MARCH 31, 2025

It's all about the donor. In Part I of this series (Your Bio Is Boring. Lets Fix That.), we discussed a simple truth: planned giving is about people. Not policies. Not portfolios. Not cold emails or sterile tax jargon. At the end of the day, donors dont leave legacies to institutionsthey leave them to people they trust. Yet too often, planned giving professionals hide behind grey flannel suits.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 25, 2025

To expand their grant seeking, organizations often ask for more funding prospects but more doesnt always mean better. Applying to every possible grant opportunity, even ones that arent a good fit, wastes time and money and risks alienating funders. Id much rather present a smaller number of opportunities that are well-aligned with an organizations programs than a long list of opportunities for which they wont be competitive.

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DoJiggy

MARCH 11, 2025

Expressing gratitude to donors is a crucial aspect of nonprofit fundraising. While traditional methods like handwritten thank-you notes and email acknowledgments remain valuable, social media offers a unique and highly visible way to recognize donor contributions. Publicly appreciating donors not only strengthens relationships but also encourages others to give.

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Center for Major Gifts

MARCH 22, 2025

Imagine a nonprofit that calls every donorregardless of gift sizewithin a day or two of receiving their contribution. Organizations have repeatedly found that a brief but heartfelt phone call can significantly boost donor retention. A five-minute call makes donors feel genuinely valued and appreciated in a world where many supporters feel overlooked or taken for granted.

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Blackbaud

MARCH 3, 2025

In the nonprofit sector, both time and money are always limited so you have to strike the right balance between mission-oriented activities and backend operations. Your ultimate goal is to channel as many resources as possible toward your mission. However, having the right backend infrastructure helps you make informed decisions and streamline processes that benefit the organization in the long run.

Finance

Grant Training Center

MARCH 31, 2025

In light of recent developments, the federal grant landscape has undergone significant changes, creating uncertainty for many researchers and institutions. The recent Executive Order signed on February 26, 2025, has introduced sweeping changes to how federal discretionary funding is managed. While this situation may seem daunting, it’s crucial to remember that there are alternative funding sources available to continue your important work.

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Planned Giving

MARCH 17, 2025

What is Bequest Marketing and Why Does It Matter? Bequest marketing represents a strategic approach that empowers nonprofits to inspire and encourage donors to include charitable gifts in their wills or estate plans. These legacy gifts enable donors to create a lasting impact on causes they care about without affecting their financial security during their lifetime.

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Future Fundraising Now

MARCH 12, 2025

Good fundraising writing starts with good sentences. And they can be hard to write, because most of us have bad habits in our writing that needlessly weaken our sentences. Heres help from the Publication Coach Blog, at 7 sentences you should stop writing to improve your sentence structure : Sentences beginning with prepositional phrases. Its a weak start.

Fundraising

Candid

MARCH 10, 2025

Nonprofit organizations often collaborate with one another to share resources, seek grants, and scale public service delivery. At the same time, nonprofits also compete directly against one anotherfor attention, for funding, for clientsalthough this competition rarely gets acknowledged. As a scholar of nonprofit management and public service, Ive explored, among other things, to what extent the element of competition affects nonprofit messaging in an online fundraising competition, and what type

Fundraising

CauseVox

MARCH 17, 2025

Picture this: a sunny day, a beautifully manicured golf course, and a group of enthusiastic golfers ready to tee offall while raising funds to support your nonprofit’s mission. Sounds pretty great, right? A golf tournament fundraiser is not only a fantastic day out but also a powerful fundraising event that can drive significant donations, strengthen community connections, and build long-lasting partnerships with local businesses.

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GiveSmart

MARCH 12, 2025

Your nonprofit’s fundraising success depends on various factors, some outside of your organizations control. There are just things outside nonprofits ‘ control, from weather to current events and grant fluctuations to tax code changes. Collecting and managing data can help you better manage these things to future-proof your mission and grow revenue.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

MARCH 31, 2025

Its spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and its about time after a frigid winter here in the Boston area, although I cant say its been that warm right now. A lot of people use this time of the year to do some spring cleaning. I envy the people who do that because Im usually not one of them. I know I should do more. As much as I dislike cleaning and organizing, Im happy once it gets done.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 31, 2025

Jacklyn and Miguel Bezos, the parents of Amazons founder Jeff Bezos, will match gifts from other donors to increase access to nutritious food for children in need. By M.J. Prest Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Miguel and Jackie Bezos are supporting efforts to increase access to nutritious food. Above, the couple at a 2018 gala. Plus, an alum left $35 million to Allegheny College to build an innovation lab, and Vanderbilt Law School will use $6.8 million to exonerate wrongfully convicted people

Funding

Future Fundraising Now

MARCH 11, 2025

Back when I was an English teacher, students cheating on their writing assignments was one of the things we worried about. What is cheating? Its getting someone other than oneself to write your paper. Its cheating because the entire purpose of a student paper is for a student to write it. These days, with free AI applications that can spit out an essay on any topic in seconds, I can only imagine how much more challenging it must be to prevent student cheating on papers.

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Candid

MARCH 31, 2025

As the nonprofit sector seeks ways to continue its work in the face of ongoing challenges, volunteers may come to play a larger role. According to the U.S. Census Bureau and AmeriCorps, the U.S. volunteer rate fell significantly between September 2020 and September 2021 , although recent data shows it rebounded to 28.8% in 2022-23. So, what can organizations do to better engage and retain volunteers in 2025?

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